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Originally Posted by SentToStud
I think Bush would be doing far better on the public's view of his handling of the war, not to mention that the war itself might go better, if he cut Rumsfeld loose. I'm not hopping on any bandwagon, I've felt this for a couple years.
I just do not get Bush's devotion and while I guess I admire Rumsfeld's desire to get the job done, I think we'd all be better off with change there.
It's been 5 years since 9/11 and four years of war. If the country were a corporation, Defense was it's biggest division and Rumsfeld was in charge of that division, there is not much chance he'd still be in the job. Why is this different?
When things go bad, people get stale and you can't replace all of the troops. But you can change the leadership and sometimes change for the sake of change alone is reasonable.
Frankly, this puzzles the hell out if me.
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I think Rumsfeld is probably a victim of his own success. He's been so successful at everything that he's done in his life that I think it has made him a little stubborn. I heard that he was broguht in as CEO at two different companies and totally turned the companies around. I think he's worth over $100 million. Sometimes guys who are that successful think that they can do anything. They think they can walk on water. I'm sure he thinks he's smarter than all of his generals and he may be, but that doesn't mean that he knows more about fighting a war than they do.
The truth of the matter is that it's a really tough situation over there and I think there would be serious problems no matter who was in charge. But like you said, sometimes it can be better to change things just for the sake of change. Bush probably doesn't have the nerve to fire him. He probably felt lucky to get him in the first place. It would be like if you owned a team and you convinced some legendary coach to come out of retirement and coach your team. If things didn't go well, you still may not have the nerve to fire him. You feel so grateful that he took the job in the first place that you wouldn't feel right about firing him even if you felt that he wasn't getting the job done.